Hearing to consider the nominations of Elizabeth Bolton Penna, Esquire, Martin Pane, and Renee Cardwell Hughes, Esquire, for Pennsylvania Parole Board

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Senate Judiciary Committee

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 10 a.m.

Hearing Room 1, NOB

Agenda

Call to Order: Senator Lisa Baker, Majority Chair, Judiciary Committee

Attendance

Nomination of Elizabeth Bolton Penna, Esquire, Pennsylvania Parole Board

  • Swearing-in of the Nominee: Senator Baker
  • Introduction of the Nominee: Senator Langerholc
  • Remarks: Elizabeth Bolton Penna, Esquire
  • Questions and Comments: Members of the Committee
  • Consideration of Nomination

Nomination of Martin Pane, Pennsylvania Parole Board

  • Swearing-in of the Nominee: Senator Baker
  • Introduction of the Nominee: Senator Brown
  • Remarks: Martin Pane
  • Questions and Comments: Members of the Committee
  • Consideration of Nomination

Nomination of Renée Cardwell Hughes, Esquire, Pennsylvania Parole Board

  • Swearing-in of the Nominee: Senator Baker
  • Introduction of the Nominee: Senator Santarsiero
  • Remarks: Renée Cardwell Hughes, Esquire
  • Questions and Comments: Members of the Committee
  • Consideration of Nomination

Adjournment

Culver Introduces Resolution Recognizing “World Wish Day in Pennsylvania”

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HARRISBURG – Today, a resolution sponsored by Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver (27-R) was introduced designating April 29th, 2024, as “World Wish Day in Pennsylvania.” World Wish Day is celebrated annually on April 29th and sponsored by the Make-A-Wish®.

The celebration is inspired by a story from 1980 of a young boy in Arizona battling leukemia who had one big wish, to become a police officer. Several members of the young boy’s community came together to make his dream happen. This honorable and touching event caught the attention of individuals who ultimately decided to form the organization now known as Make-A-Wish.

“On this day 44 years ago, a community united to fulfill Chris’s wish of becoming a police officer,” said Jennifer Davis, President & CEO of Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, Delaware & Susquehanna Valley. “As we commemorate the 44th anniversary of Make-A-Wish on World Wish Day, let us all reflect on our capacity to grant wishes and bring hope to children battling critical illnesses. Together, we have the power to make dreams a reality and ignite joy in the hearts of children diagnosed with a critical condition.”

Today, Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children living with critical illnesses. They believe that wishes have the power to transform the lives of wish kids by creating an opportunity for hope and the ability to experience life beyond illness. Studies have found that 94% of wish alumni said that their wish made them feel more joyful, confident, and hopeful for their future.

“We know that wishes are an essential part of a wish child’s medical treatment,” said President & CEO of Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania & West Virginia, Judith Stone. “This World Wish Day, we encourage the community to join our mission by becoming a volunteer, making a donation or referring a child for a life-changing wish.”

In Pennsylvania, the local Make-A-Wish chapters were able to grant 710 wishes during the last fiscal year. Currently, there are over 800 children waiting for their wish to be granted.

More information about Culver is available online at SenatorCulver.com. More information on the Make-A-Wish Foundation of American is available online at Wish.org and information for the local chapters at https://wish.org/greaterpawv and www.wish.org/philadesv.

 

CONTACT:  Betsy Reichenbach 717-787-8928

PA Senate Leaders Issue Statement on Biden Administration’s Disastrous New Power Plant Emission Rules

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HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-39), Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R-41) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Scott Martin (R-13) issued the following statement today in reaction to new power plant emission rules imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency that will harm energy consumers and reduce grid reliability:

“It is deeply short-sighted that the Biden Administration is pushing yet another disastrous policy that will hurt electricity consumers and make our grid less reliable. We have already received dire warnings from PJM that we could face rolling blackouts just a few years down the road because energy production cannot keep up with future demand. Taking more power plants offline will only accelerate these problems and hurt our energy independence and national security.

“The new emissions rules will cost Pennsylvania thousands of family-sustaining jobs in the energy industry at a time when we are working as hard as we can to fight back against the state’s economic and demographic decline. We join many of our colleagues in encouraging Pennsylvania’s federal lawmakers and Governor Shapiro to do everything in their power to reverse this decision and prevent our grid from being crippled by the Biden Administration’s poor decision-making.”

 

CONTACT:          
Erica Clayton Wright (Sen. Ward) 
Kate Flessner (Sen. Pittman) 
Jason Thompson (Sen. Martin) 

Meeting to consider SB 1165, SB 1173 and SB 1174

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Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 11:30 a.m.

Room 8E-B, East Wing

Schedule

Senate Bill 1165 (Boscola) Amends Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) to provide for criminal history background checks for health care practitioners.

Senate Bill 1173 (Stefano) Amends the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act to provide for wholesale transactions.

Senate Bill 1174 (Stefano) Amends Title 66 (Public Utilities) to provide for a public utility waiver petition.

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